Dexmedetomidine increases acetylation level of histone through ERK1/2 pathway in dopamine neuron

Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective α2-adrenoceptor agonist with sedation, anesthetic sparing, analgesia, sympatholytic, and neuroprotective properties. This study evaluated neuroprotective effects of dexmedetomidine on dopamine neurons correlated to histone acetylation via extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) pathway. Animals were randomly assigned to four groups and treatments were given as onetime doses: dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO; n = 6), dexmedetomidine 1 mg/kg (n = 6), 10 mg/kg (n = 6), and 100 mg/kg (n = 6). Acetylation histone protein levels and ERK protein levels in rats dopamine neuron from striatum were determined by Western blotting after various doses of dexmedetomidine (1, 10, and 100 mg/kg) treatments. The messenger RNA expression related to signal transduction coupled to 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor (5-HTR) in striatum was assessed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis. Dexmedetomidine administration increased expression of ERK1/2 phosphorylation and histones H3 acetylation. PD098059, an inhibitor of pERK1/2, almost completely blocked dexmedetomidine-induced histones H3 acetylation. In addition, bioinformatics analysis in combination with qRT-PCR demonstrated that dexmedetomidine could regulate the genes that are related to signal transduction coupled to 5-HTR via α2-adrenoceptor. Our results define dexmedetomidine as a modulator of histones H3 acetylation via ERK1/2 signaling pathway in dopamine neuron from striatum, which may provide clues for the mechanism underlying the neuroprotective effects of dexmedetomidine..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Human & experimental toxicology - 36(2017), 5, Seite 474-482

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hu, S-P [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, J-J [Sonstige Person]
Wang, W-X [Sonstige Person]
Liu, Y [Sonstige Person]
Wu, H-F [Sonstige Person]
Chen, C [Sonstige Person]
Yu, L [Sonstige Person]
Gui, J-B [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Acetylation
Adrenergic receptors
Analgesia
Animals
Bioinformatics
Chains (polymeric)
Correlation analysis
Dimethyl
Dimethyl sulfoxide
Dopamine
Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
Gene expression
Histones
Inhibitors
Kinases
Neostriatum
Neurons
Neuroprotection
Pain perception
Phosphorylation
Polymerase
Polymerase chain reaction
Protein kinase
Proteins
Rats
Real time
Ribonucleic acids
Serotonin
Signal transduction
Studies
Sulphoxides
Transcription
Transduction
Western blotting

doi:

10.1177/0960327116652458

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1994843853